![BRITAIN PRIVACY A security camera overlooks a man as he walks down a street in London November 2, 2006. Britain is becoming a surveillance society where individuals are filmed hundreds of times a day by CCTV and where companies "data mine" to build up profiles on customers, the Information Commissioner warned on Thursday. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor (BRITAIN) - RTR1IXR5](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2015/03/RTR1IXR5.jpg/RTR1IXR5.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=UJ2Ivlqw)
![BRITAIN PRIVACY A security camera overlooks a man as he walks down a street in London November 2, 2006. Britain is becoming a surveillance society where individuals are filmed hundreds of times a day by CCTV and where companies "data mine" to build up profiles on customers, the Information Commissioner warned on Thursday. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor (BRITAIN) - RTR1IXR5](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2015/03/RTR1IXR5.jpg/RTR1IXR5.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=UJ2Ivlqw)
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![BRITAIN PRIVACY A security camera overlooks a man as he walks down a street in London November 2, 2006. Britain is becoming a surveillance society where individuals are filmed hundreds of times a day by CCTV and where companies "data mine" to build up profiles on customers, the Information Commissioner warned on Thursday. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor (BRITAIN) - RTR1IXR5](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2015/03/RTR1IXR5.jpg/RTR1IXR5.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=UJ2Ivlqw)
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